Kinross-shire, Scotland

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Perth and Kinross (Scots: Pairth an Kinross; Scottish Gaelic: Peairt agus Ceann Rois)

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This article is about the Scottish local government area.

Perth and Kinross is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland and a Lieutenancy Area. It borders onto the Aberdeenshire, Angus, Argyll and Bute, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Fife, Highland and Stirling council areas. Perth is the administrative center. It corresponds broadly, but not exactly, with the former counties of Perthshire and Kinross-shire. The information for the county follows below.

Perthshire and Kinross-shire had a joint county council from 1929 until 1975. The area was created a single district in 1975, in the Tayside region, under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, and then reconstituted as a unitary authority (with a minor boundary adjustment) in 1996, by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.

References

1. "Indyref". BBC. Retrieved 19 September 2014.

2. Perth and Kinross Council

3. "Scottish Local Government areas and history". Archived from the original on 2013-03-02.

4. The Perthshire Diary - 365 history stories

5. Perth City - A Vision of Britain Through Time: A vision of Perth and Kinross

6. Perth and Kinross at DMOZ

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Kinross-shire

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The County of Kinross is a historic county in eastern Scotland, administratively part of Perth and Kinross.[1] Surrounding its largest settlement and county town of Kinross, the county borders Perthshire to the north, Fife to the east and south, and Clackmannanshire to the west. Scotland's second smallest county, Kinross-shire is dominated by Loch Leven, a large inland loch, with two islands and an internationally important nature reserve. One of the islands contains a castle, where Mary, Queen of Scots was once held prisoner. Much of the land in Kinross-shire is fertile agricultural land and most of the inhabitants were originally employed in farming. The gently-rolling farmland surrounding Loch Leven gives way to steep, more rugged terrain at the outskirts of the county.

History The shire or sheriffdom of Kinross was formed in the thirteenth century when the two parishes of Kinross and Orwell were removed from the Fothriff area of Fife. Cleish, Portmoak and Tullibole were added by act of parliament in 1685.[2][3] As local government in Scotland evolved, Kinross-shire gained a county council in 1890, which was later amalgamated with Perth County Council under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1929.

The county suffered a decline in population in the 19th and 20th centuries, as its inhabitants migrated to the cities to find work in manufacturing, etc. The decline was hastened by the closure of the railways in the county soon after World War II. However, in recent years, construction of the M90 motorway north of the Forth Road Bridge has resulted in the area becoming more prominent. Tourism has increased, with visitors attracted by the unspoiled country villages and gently rolling hills reaching the shores of Loch Leven. The economic outlook of Kinross-shire has improved and outperformed both the Perth and Kinross area and Scotland averages in economic performance.[4]

References

1. http://www.pkc.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/DA8FF87D-D891-4EFD-8822-ED80961EA94B/0/06292.pdf

2. Kinross-shire, from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica (Love to Know)

3. Text of the 1685 Act from The Annals of Kinross-shire by Dr. Ebenezer Henderson (Fossoway and District Community Council

4. http://www.pkc.gov.uk/Council+and+government/Council+information+performance+and+statistics/Statistics+facts+and+figures/Ward+Profiles/Ward+8+-+Kinross-shire/Ward+8+-+Kinross-shire.htm

5. http://www.kinross.cc/partnership/home.htm

6. R.M. Urquhart, Scottish Burgh and County Heraldry, London, 1973

7. R.M. Urquhart, Scottish Civic Heraldry, London, 1979

8. Most Common Surnames in Kinross-shire

External links

• Perth & Kinross Council

• A Vision of Britain Through Time: A vision of Perth and Kinross

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